tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-331803312024-03-05T11:25:38.108+01:00House-to-HouseAndrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comBlogger780125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-46764032805589977852021-10-01T20:38:00.001+01:002021-10-01T20:38:33.928+01:00So... are you up for a hike next year?<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sMaEMoPJnHkOryVXcAzI1CHhuy3wQMIGR3oS14hA46iIZdYftCzCLVIrxwInlhcdqCxJps6jRDSi_uqS0jR6yLHmJjg6Z0ZheOn7nT0iHpJSKFQH32YF0sHtPZV3VwKQczKq/s1600/b1587ad3c5add416a54f11d6826241a9-713998.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sMaEMoPJnHkOryVXcAzI1CHhuy3wQMIGR3oS14hA46iIZdYftCzCLVIrxwInlhcdqCxJps6jRDSi_uqS0jR6yLHmJjg6Z0ZheOn7nT0iHpJSKFQH32YF0sHtPZV3VwKQczKq/s320/b1587ad3c5add416a54f11d6826241a9-713998.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7014184600782256002" /></a></p>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-90298146795136315382021-10-01T20:37:00.003+01:002021-10-01T20:37:56.207+01:00More Valle Maira<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2pnWNsfTHxzfabOCOMIRWSCSQ8IAasgF0Xb1X8YpAoEZcjT1OInOdgQXB4MST08ZtIiIv92cyeh-L_zv_wacveyUvCL1jF5Qeq9Svz7tO5AuEkc_u4mvm92IY5V0WbxyHKe0/s1600/percorsi-occitani-tappa-10-1-776219.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2pnWNsfTHxzfabOCOMIRWSCSQ8IAasgF0Xb1X8YpAoEZcjT1OInOdgQXB4MST08ZtIiIv92cyeh-L_zv_wacveyUvCL1jF5Qeq9Svz7tO5AuEkc_u4mvm92IY5V0WbxyHKe0/s320/percorsi-occitani-tappa-10-1-776219.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7014184443210101474" /></a></p>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-83833796478237783402021-10-01T20:37:00.001+01:002021-10-01T20:37:19.445+01:00Stunning mountains in the Valle Maira<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-KMyFg0PPbtDxOoSad9Ddh2wTBUcMtLWdVkzT4842VrVk56fa9JFCCZZZphrWZTOWz0GN3lIeL7qrcs2nJlhf6RIxHB6x-Jb-uksfpYHtT-NoafiFttxczUh5-NW_LpLLDvKO/s1600/percorsi-occitani-tappa-5-6-739513.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-KMyFg0PPbtDxOoSad9Ddh2wTBUcMtLWdVkzT4842VrVk56fa9JFCCZZZphrWZTOWz0GN3lIeL7qrcs2nJlhf6RIxHB6x-Jb-uksfpYHtT-NoafiFttxczUh5-NW_LpLLDvKO/s320/percorsi-occitani-tappa-5-6-739513.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7014184277503159570" /></a></p>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-53228891170170751022021-10-01T20:36:00.003+01:002021-10-01T20:36:39.276+01:00Borgato -- hamlet -- in the Valle Maira<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBfd4WECNyoS2sTSav3s6K6VgWILC1t8JrQgVlomC4dBofb5zv-Bd9BeOm2qPu3zlJZQbS8JkdrcejuvwSelHw4JJThY9XX08tupin2eYs2wosgr9S0Q8I38yXHB_0_vlBzpp/s1600/percorsi-occitani-tappa-4-13-799280.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtBfd4WECNyoS2sTSav3s6K6VgWILC1t8JrQgVlomC4dBofb5zv-Bd9BeOm2qPu3zlJZQbS8JkdrcejuvwSelHw4JJThY9XX08tupin2eYs2wosgr9S0Q8I38yXHB_0_vlBzpp/s320/percorsi-occitani-tappa-4-13-799280.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7014184109821464418" /></a></p>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-38502589289972676662021-10-01T20:36:00.001+01:002021-10-01T20:36:09.965+01:00A few photos from the Valle MairaTo whet your appetites!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzCHDO4S2pj3Bt_lavxNZ8iLEtjRvJi7sCeVpIXPfsSH-7sulYWHpFzILwjbPB9vQxKVCB9AEkRY9WbbMtOKNLHG2aCyQ0uKWlE_SVss7HpZBrnYiVD0M0xKM0Cmgz4NSsDBQ/s1600/percorsi-occitani-tappa-4-6-770035.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzCHDO4S2pj3Bt_lavxNZ8iLEtjRvJi7sCeVpIXPfsSH-7sulYWHpFzILwjbPB9vQxKVCB9AEkRY9WbbMtOKNLHG2aCyQ0uKWlE_SVss7HpZBrnYiVD0M0xKM0Cmgz4NSsDBQ/s320/percorsi-occitani-tappa-4-6-770035.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_7014183983916355170" /></a></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-54360629324485426432021-08-12T15:25:00.002+01:002021-08-12T15:26:06.680+01:00Today's beautyHowever, despite the sweat and the sore legs and the nervous moments, there was as always, much beauty along the way. Mountain hiking… nothing beats it.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVZbJdXiEiWow24TAxHYestwKR-vcxDdjVPC_sptn5HMfVo9RurVQs6ZqX32czBgh_nflUhKbR41jm4tG48MQ8MUyRysHFVDq6SFOVWdVpTmL6frjx9aeBHM02VBMP9OwWHgy/s1600/IMG_7219+2-766798.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsVZbJdXiEiWow24TAxHYestwKR-vcxDdjVPC_sptn5HMfVo9RurVQs6ZqX32czBgh_nflUhKbR41jm4tG48MQ8MUyRysHFVDq6SFOVWdVpTmL6frjx9aeBHM02VBMP9OwWHgy/s320/IMG_7219+2-766798.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995549822962500098" /></a></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-66005638170349037852021-08-12T15:25:00.001+01:002021-08-12T15:25:42.414+01:00The long way homeAnd it wasn't good… so much so, that I didn't think to take a photo. But it was all over 5 minutes later, when I stopped for this shot, looking down the valley I would descend (and descend, and descend… my destination was far round to the right behind the ridge).<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-hBlzkPjl7OXCFVRMZZWNWm2SLz52giKE1Vo0DAhvwZdGfti1YxZsg-MBJleUfm2wH5Fvpy8a4a0DUls1ZJbQkfdyn78MCcBACoyPBK3zPbBI_mI_uHanWDCl8K0wPuiCa-Qx/s1600/IMG_7216+2-742468.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-hBlzkPjl7OXCFVRMZZWNWm2SLz52giKE1Vo0DAhvwZdGfti1YxZsg-MBJleUfm2wH5Fvpy8a4a0DUls1ZJbQkfdyn78MCcBACoyPBK3zPbBI_mI_uHanWDCl8K0wPuiCa-Qx/s320/IMG_7216+2-742468.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995549715826183986" /></a></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-53505696433916458932021-08-12T15:24:00.002+01:002021-08-12T15:25:11.251+01:00What lies beyond?<div class="">The <i class="">pièce de résistance</i>… the trail goes up that peak, to the right at the top and then down the far side. At the moment I took the photo, I had no idea what "down the far side" would actually mean. But it didn't look good.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZaRpASUspX3mMQC-42-x5Xp9RqHNj5cbRC6cODESttFf46y-VqgecwRI6ZAtwfgIeKW7PaQdZzEVei3Ubqh89AZNysnJD-gFcaIo9ez8fFOb6xnHkX6_xVj4rLWoP9PCAgO7/s1600/IMG_7215+2-711391.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZaRpASUspX3mMQC-42-x5Xp9RqHNj5cbRC6cODESttFf46y-VqgecwRI6ZAtwfgIeKW7PaQdZzEVei3Ubqh89AZNysnJD-gFcaIo9ez8fFOb6xnHkX6_xVj4rLWoP9PCAgO7/s320/IMG_7215+2-711391.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995549583977718690" /></a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-69527950348975542932021-08-12T15:24:00.001+01:002021-08-12T15:24:33.970+01:00Nope, not going back...Looking back to where I've come from. Zoom in to see the trail more clearly. Oof!<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPymcjv1xoanJdTEz0KcKFIpnoVbm0D-tTOjItTww93qhPbtosybGZLVmAeEWur1iopK5Vdb4zhpFrQGdTZD57HZt1nCCmWXmyAm92TZlgS0XMYhdyG4oPfUwlHElhuSjlwgY-/s1600/IMG_7214+2-774040.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPymcjv1xoanJdTEz0KcKFIpnoVbm0D-tTOjItTww93qhPbtosybGZLVmAeEWur1iopK5Vdb4zhpFrQGdTZD57HZt1nCCmWXmyAm92TZlgS0XMYhdyG4oPfUwlHElhuSjlwgY-/s320/IMG_7214+2-774040.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995549425661122594" /></a></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-72137461927275366672021-08-12T15:23:00.000+01:002021-08-12T15:24:06.370+01:00A hop, skip and a...The trail at the top. Just a little drop of a mile or so to the right. I'm not very susceptible to vertigo, but I have to admit that I was not admiring the views as I was walking along this part of the trail. Instead, every now and then I'd stop, clutch a rock, and look out into the void.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hrqetDKdBk_9FochfJPkBQy3Pioy7c9YTkh2jtotoLOa3Dk5fzvYg8Qf_viLt1QPpvbra75wiD31ChHlScE48NOFyzsoPnu1FQSHleNTY9G3haWe10UdeBccxCrwXZ_Cl6TA/s1600/IMG_7212+2-746381.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8hrqetDKdBk_9FochfJPkBQy3Pioy7c9YTkh2jtotoLOa3Dk5fzvYg8Qf_viLt1QPpvbra75wiD31ChHlScE48NOFyzsoPnu1FQSHleNTY9G3haWe10UdeBccxCrwXZ_Cl6TA/s320/IMG_7212+2-746381.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995549307311155458" /></a></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-73411743853883416562021-08-12T15:22:00.001+01:002021-08-12T15:22:46.525+01:00Looking backView back up valley to Pfelders. If you look very carefully, you can see the Stettiner Hütte (which I had lunch at yesterday) at the pass in the center of the photo.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMVR_BIzDQT3cRfO8X9N_m-v_2iFbcYZd3BqA1E6K2k8JlguEH4bhTGg1QOfeaGpJuukSC6nV-88H3ur2fFLeQbTm43ifIFcZVWHerLgNBSEhhqKzVCDUcBPO4SbM08z0poX3/s1600/IMG_7208+2-766573.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUMVR_BIzDQT3cRfO8X9N_m-v_2iFbcYZd3BqA1E6K2k8JlguEH4bhTGg1QOfeaGpJuukSC6nV-88H3ur2fFLeQbTm43ifIFcZVWHerLgNBSEhhqKzVCDUcBPO4SbM08z0poX3/s320/IMG_7208+2-766573.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995548963720537602" /></a></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-26429749804454255432021-08-12T15:21:00.001+01:002021-08-12T15:22:36.272+01:00Up where?See the houses on the far right? I climbed straight up from there.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtDPHVTQX9Jc201eBYB6N1BiBfZLUvGIQUi86BAsm4IwwMl7bfrW4uxmgim4EVArif3hkjn_ws_iQptAx9yY7es7AEGel6BaDYNFIsVzimbgolQlq1p50WDS4AmYvxJeyytKCa/s1600/IMG_7205+2-756282.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtDPHVTQX9Jc201eBYB6N1BiBfZLUvGIQUi86BAsm4IwwMl7bfrW4uxmgim4EVArif3hkjn_ws_iQptAx9yY7es7AEGel6BaDYNFIsVzimbgolQlq1p50WDS4AmYvxJeyytKCa/s320/IMG_7205+2-756282.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995548919980955314" /></a></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-79754181800119059922021-08-12T15:21:00.000+01:002021-08-12T15:22:01.643+01:00PfeldersView from my balcony in Pfelders first thing in the morning.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaafp7OqwUnBr6Z9up75ewbsvzp90nDSPACeCZ69VJNPLRrzK2c2Dc9oI9Gfsn3AKMqZZuxCl854hvu0F-zW9AD6_lgmoRQMXYMsuzVe1DifMDjSj5JMANFh1tMxBAvLNv-oKn/s1600/IMG_7202+2-721653.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaafp7OqwUnBr6Z9up75ewbsvzp90nDSPACeCZ69VJNPLRrzK2c2Dc9oI9Gfsn3AKMqZZuxCl854hvu0F-zW9AD6_lgmoRQMXYMsuzVe1DifMDjSj5JMANFh1tMxBAvLNv-oKn/s320/IMG_7202+2-721653.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995548766613296722" /></a></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-28293677379007865252021-08-12T15:20:00.001+01:002021-08-12T15:20:10.621+01:00Day 3 — Pfelders to HochfirstWell, that was a day. Off at 8, at the pass around 12:30, and reached Hochfirst at 16:15. Started at 1600m, topped out at 2780m, and dropped down to 1720m before climbing the last stretch to Hochfirst at 1850m. You'll see in the photos below how steep the morning climb was (hint: steepissimo), and then the walk down, although "only" 1060m, was interminable. Great weather though, and even better views.
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<br>I saw a half dozen other people on the trails in the morning… all of whom overtook me (sigh)… and no-one at all in the afternoon until I got to a hut about an hour from the end.
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<br>Photos follow.Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-82377339536224943182021-08-12T15:18:00.000+01:002021-08-12T15:19:16.503+01:00Down, down, downAnd now, looking forward down to the village of Pfelders (the last one you can see in the distance), where I spent the night. Note the exceptionally steep and twisty trail at the bottom of the photo… went down that, I did, and my legs were complaining bitterly by the time I got to the bottom. Still, compared to the three nutcases I passed pushing mountain bikes <u class="">up</u> the trail, I think I had it easy. A classic case of "It seemed like a good idea at the time…."<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJT9y__06dF0alW11qacNGZLUCQwsB32D5gMtixbWvY3Q1oUk4o-sg197fmjwe5aNnQq_NcBfmnFWlDJhHzIdqSdY0LB0b1fHqa3Q2RqqhhrEktMb8sE5S0Lnch7pM1e_g3moz/s1600/IMG_7201+2-756513.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJT9y__06dF0alW11qacNGZLUCQwsB32D5gMtixbWvY3Q1oUk4o-sg197fmjwe5aNnQq_NcBfmnFWlDJhHzIdqSdY0LB0b1fHqa3Q2RqqhhrEktMb8sE5S0Lnch7pM1e_g3moz/s320/IMG_7201+2-756513.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995548059990468114" /></a></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-66106984633388721472021-08-12T15:17:00.000+01:002021-08-12T15:18:32.155+01:00Eisjöchl PassThe Eisjochl pass — 2880m. The building under construction is the new Stettiner / Petrarca Hütte, replacing the old one that was swept away in an avalanche a few years ago. I'm afraid to say that up close the new one is as ugly as sin… sort of fitting given the comfortless landscape in which it stands.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9AjZEOKjYmLI2J-6qVdtMfklZhRGENED7QdWrNgnsxsIYj6si0fFUBewl61FMHMcEi1A01vXVgR-yRZbnscLykgzvo8oN03lWIG-pXTxyyjakdxnwH6CVsG0j10jlcAK1zuQ/s1600/IMG_7200+2-712165.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9AjZEOKjYmLI2J-6qVdtMfklZhRGENED7QdWrNgnsxsIYj6si0fFUBewl61FMHMcEi1A01vXVgR-yRZbnscLykgzvo8oN03lWIG-pXTxyyjakdxnwH6CVsG0j10jlcAK1zuQ/s320/IMG_7200+2-712165.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995547870066560258" /></a></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-32730750426429981082021-08-12T15:16:00.000+01:002021-08-12T15:17:01.115+01:00Looking back to the EishofView (from just before turning the corner to climb to the pass) back down the valley to the Eishof.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNur_aBSQnxDzPejw6BpNzkQxNRmpzBpUTIeP-pO576D9EX9qTJX2R1P3THdhTpejsviExLwEnxUSbZx_a5BrhJtEmbtpkf4rasKYbaJkprn5gd6HgpP6uEZjwPZLMpRaPbvB/s1600/IMG_7199+2-721124.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUNur_aBSQnxDzPejw6BpNzkQxNRmpzBpUTIeP-pO576D9EX9qTJX2R1P3THdhTpejsviExLwEnxUSbZx_a5BrhJtEmbtpkf4rasKYbaJkprn5gd6HgpP6uEZjwPZLMpRaPbvB/s320/IMG_7199+2-721124.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995547478669768914" /></a></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-88295830437941133742021-08-12T15:14:00.001+01:002021-08-12T15:14:34.757+01:00What lies aheadLooking ahead to where I'm going to hike. Basically, up to the snow and then over a high pass to the left.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7dtqz3H7wADOysalbsB1MwZnEZVWQTyM4CyDbc8W4k8d676f7t8EHHxJfrYmY9qSbhA2szO1pGI2O66tZBk2rbsVh0cjbGvJgh8PDfaPHRP5T73BjoWGOdqvc_Nmqe_6m5jl/s1600/IMG_7191+2-774762.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7dtqz3H7wADOysalbsB1MwZnEZVWQTyM4CyDbc8W4k8d676f7t8EHHxJfrYmY9qSbhA2szO1pGI2O66tZBk2rbsVh0cjbGvJgh8PDfaPHRP5T73BjoWGOdqvc_Nmqe_6m5jl/s320/IMG_7191+2-774762.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995546850524705266" /></a></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-84214380574853587452021-08-12T15:13:00.000+01:002021-08-12T15:14:12.510+01:00EishofEarly morning (7:40AM) at the Eishof, where I spent the night at 2065m.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVi2RcuZOn7awbLM4mM1NAP0n-wW4wKl9L5HpQ41arsGv0xLff9J3C8H4YPxMRGSjR2HA-X3h0zbQa02bgTypjoA0IvNZBk8zqJPcyRTSi_z96C22abTBaiZ7ixIxkvB2eB2kJ/s1600/IMG_7190+2-752524.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVi2RcuZOn7awbLM4mM1NAP0n-wW4wKl9L5HpQ41arsGv0xLff9J3C8H4YPxMRGSjR2HA-X3h0zbQa02bgTypjoA0IvNZBk8zqJPcyRTSi_z96C22abTBaiZ7ixIxkvB2eB2kJ/s320/IMG_7190+2-752524.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995546754528192546" /></a></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-34403965007385147812021-08-12T15:11:00.000+01:002021-08-12T15:12:04.399+01:00Day 2 — the Eishof to PfeldersNow that's what I'm talking about! A much better day, despite having hardly slept a wink overnight probably due to altitude. Felt fairly strong, didn't bonk, did the hike as planned (over a 2880m pass), and arrived ahead of schedule.
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<br>Then I took a long nap, after that I had dinner, and after that I went to bed.
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<br>Weather still perfect. Trails in good shape.
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<br>Photos follow.Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-65135861606787045202021-08-12T15:08:00.000+01:002021-08-12T15:09:03.015+01:00Beautiful leavesBut there were some beautiful plants / views during the hike, so there's that.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwu9npoVyKIn8gpswCwp8WTTyH3AeAm-QHg4-QuvXTPwDV0n4AEzeoT0h1vhOLqabH4bypM5khUIArJcmV0KtFNDBZKuA29T8uvvWWqBSolX2v506gYHajCbXwRWra5wO7Lwyl/s1600/IMG_7188-743118.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwu9npoVyKIn8gpswCwp8WTTyH3AeAm-QHg4-QuvXTPwDV0n4AEzeoT0h1vhOLqabH4bypM5khUIArJcmV0KtFNDBZKuA29T8uvvWWqBSolX2v506gYHajCbXwRWra5wO7Lwyl/s320/IMG_7188-743118.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995545421506686738" /></a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-43742032030342701862021-08-12T15:07:00.002+01:002021-08-12T15:08:22.245+01:00I have to go where?<div class="">And this is where I had to go instead. Down to the main road at the bottom of the valley, then along a trail on the far side of the road to the small village with the church steeple on the shoulder just before the road disappears to the right, then down through the woods and up a long deep-cut valley on the left that you can't see in this photo. Far longer than the trail I had planned to take. Grrrr… again.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJTiGz_Nuv-P6x2sfqOjM2HALzyCJeDCMDFmMf2BhXvDr71C8ouvp4WGnJT4bESklA_6mq4Z_c7mdbe3DwR_WzEv4e_B17FIFZq3coQ13foY7QLOOai1U5MyByFu-08jJGSUR/s1600/IMG_7186-702348.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJTiGz_Nuv-P6x2sfqOjM2HALzyCJeDCMDFmMf2BhXvDr71C8ouvp4WGnJT4bESklA_6mq4Z_c7mdbe3DwR_WzEv4e_B17FIFZq3coQ13foY7QLOOai1U5MyByFu-08jJGSUR/s320/IMG_7186-702348.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995545251122419298" /></a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-41076071336752430412021-08-12T15:07:00.001+01:002021-08-12T15:07:46.983+01:00Unser Frau... after climbing, before climbing down<div class="">Looking down on the village of Unser Frau… emphasis on the word "down"… just before I found out that the trail I wanted to take over the high shoulder was impassable. Grrrr.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EJHqG56NN5RTJVv79iamMINgEOIwwC323eU3zffm3-wA2N90nWRMN-Lb-EAIPXnb77brWJZGOrLlS0Wz-_YKq_uobMjG84l7iP4ajl_HfoHCUo-LjxOvh15HQS2ettChym5W/s1600/IMG_7185-767054.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5EJHqG56NN5RTJVv79iamMINgEOIwwC323eU3zffm3-wA2N90nWRMN-Lb-EAIPXnb77brWJZGOrLlS0Wz-_YKq_uobMjG84l7iP4ajl_HfoHCUo-LjxOvh15HQS2ettChym5W/s320/IMG_7185-767054.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995545097420839890" /></a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-14568272887179262962021-08-12T15:05:00.001+01:002021-08-12T15:06:02.016+01:00Vernagt<div style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></div><div style="-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space; word-wrap: break-word;"><div>From the front steps of my hotel in Vernagt, first thing in the morning.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zpuLq9f5krAx2Wuf3GocTMeRzJEFCCE8crzX2b1DMiNaSBhnkuYcA7GyXtWWgKSAuKNlDS-KziD6UqsbwcFS1hdBojuyk3YANbmxlvyUXns-K06d7YTsoPq2c00aJjSlbEGa/s1600/IMG_7184-736039.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6995544537144405090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0zpuLq9f5krAx2Wuf3GocTMeRzJEFCCE8crzX2b1DMiNaSBhnkuYcA7GyXtWWgKSAuKNlDS-KziD6UqsbwcFS1hdBojuyk3YANbmxlvyUXns-K06d7YTsoPq2c00aJjSlbEGa/s320/IMG_7184-736039.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33180331.post-58749934410783881442021-08-12T15:04:00.001+01:002021-08-12T15:04:32.787+01:00Re: Day 1 — Hotel Vernagt to the EishofJust a few sentences, because I am very tired, which you won't see until tomorrow, because there's no connectivity here.
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<br>Started 8:12, finished 16:01 (a complete failure because I told the Eishof folk that I would be there at 16:00). No emojis today, you have to figure out tone and emotions all by yourselves.
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<br>First problem: the trail I had planned to take was closed… forest work. Second problem: I learned about this half-way up the mountain. So I had to go all the way back down the valley and then all the way up another valley.
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<br>Third problem: I bonked after almost four hours. For some reason I didn't feel hungry… probably because my body knows it has massive fat reserves to get rid of, so why trigger further accumulation? So the remaining almost four hours were very difficult (you don't recover from a bonk), with embarassingly slow steps and many stops to catch breath.
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<br>The Eishof is at 2065m. Fourth problem: I have spent the last two months at 65m. Since I did not bother to make new red blood cells when the old ones died, today I did a lot of panting. I know that I am not in great shape, but I'm not as bad as l seemed to be today.
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<br>Beautiful weather and scenery though. One or two photos to follow in another email.
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<br>Doubt that I will stay up late tonight.
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<br>Photos to follow.Andrew Orlandohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485248899808800647noreply@blogger.com